"pseudoalignment" meaning in English

See pseudoalignment in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pseudoalignment.wav [US] Forms: pseudoalignments [plural]
Etymology: From pseudo- + alignment. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pseudo|alignment}} pseudo- + alignment Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pseudoalignment (countable and uncountable, plural pseudoalignments)
  1. (genetics) A quick method of alignment (of genomic reads) using secondary information. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: pseudoaligner

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